Introduction to Micro-Frontends

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What is Micro-frontends?

  • Micro-frontend is an architectural pattern that extends the ideas of microservices to front-end development.

  • A frontend application is divided up into smaller, independent modules called micro-frontends.

  • Every micro-frontend is in charge of a certain feature, page, or functionality.

Advantages of Micro-Frontends:

  • Independent Development and Deployment: Teams can develop and deploy their micro-frontends independently using the tools and frameworks of their choice.

  • Performance and Scalability: Each micro-frontend may be scaled independently, guaranteeing top performance even in the presence of heavy traffic.

  • Technology Flexibility: By allowing different teams to use a range of technologies and the adoption of new tools are made possible.

  • Fault isolation increases system robustness because failures in one micro-frontend do not affect others.

  • Faster Time-to-Market: Independent development enables more rapid product launches and market response.

Limitations of Micro-frontend

  • More Complexity: Managing a system of independent micro-frontends requires more coordination.

  • Dependencies on the service: Modifications to one micro-frontend may have an effect on others, necessitating management of compatibility and communication.

  • Testing and Integration: Setting up test environments and analyzing interactions across several micro-frontends can be challenging.

  • Increases Infrastructure Complexity: Microfrontends frequently require extra infrastructure elements for service discovery and routing, which increases the complexity of the infrastructure.

  • Learning Curve: Teams must master new tools and concepts related to distributed systems, which involves a learning curve.